Issue ╣1, 2018

Plotnikov D. S. Changes in źpolitics of memory╗ of the Post-Soviet Russia's
allies after 2014
The article examines the dynamics of historical politics of the official authorities of
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan in the context of the
Russian-Ukrainian conflict of 2014. The author determines general tendencies in
the politicization of the past in the countries under consideration and defines the
image of the "enemy" in official interpretations of history and in speeches of political
leaders, which is correlated with the current foreign policy of the countries.
The paper focuses on changes in the politics of memory after 2014, which have
been observed in the aspirations of political elites to "redouble" their statehood and
to introduce new "national" symbols. Key words: politics of memory; post-Soviet space; identity building; foreign policy